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Shaffer Hill

Producer in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Feldspar, Beryllium, Gemstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108391
MRDS ID DC05286
Record type Site
Current site name Shaffer Hill
Related records 10264069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39865, 39.71888 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saddleback Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 72W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amazonstone Ore
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Ore
Topaz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39865, 39.71888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: JACOBSEN RANCH PEGMATITE DIKE. CONCORDANT. ATTITUDE N80E 45S. ZONED; CORE: QTZ, PALE GREEN AMAZON STONE; OUTER ZONES: MICROCLINE, QTZ, TOPAZ, BERYL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL EXAM. FILE, DENVER

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 6,63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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